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Infant Transport Team Graduation:
A .model of co-operative effort
by Tony Williams

At their graduation ceremony on
Friday, March 21, JI Board Chair
Bob Stewart pointed out the cooperation it took to bring 11 new
infant transport team paramedics
to graduation. Chief Stewart acknowledged the co-operation
among BC Children's Hospital,
Grace Hospital, the BC Ambulance Service and the
Paramedic Academy. "This highly specialized program could not
have happened without close
co-operation among all fow organizations," Chief Stewart commented.
The 11 paramedics graduated
after two years of intensive study.
Their curriculum is a model for
health professions training. Students spend a block in the classroom, in the hospital, and on
ambulance. They repeat this
process six times. Each block
gets progressively more specialized. They start off studying and
handling well babies, infants and
children. Then, as they progress,
the illnesses become more complicated Finally, during their sixmonth internship they will
transport very sick children or
mothers to Children's Hospital or
Grace Hospital.
The gradWition was one of the
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Kaleden firefighter Anna Jo Smid
recently completed a First
Responder Trainer course at the
Justice Institute. She will now
train local police, fire and other
personnel in what to do before the
paramedics arrive at an accident
scene. Anna Jo was among 26
graduates from around B.C. in

only the second class to receive
the training. ·
The First Responder Program
was developed by the JI's Police,
Fire and Paramedic Academies to
give special training to
firefighters, police and others
who often respond first to car accidents and other mishaps. a

Fire Academy • Police Academy • Corrections Academy • Finance and Administration Division • Courts Academy
Educational Services Division • Paramedic Academy • Provincial Emergency Program Academy

Corrections
history
book now
available
After two years of research and
numerous manuscripts, a book on
the history of B.C. Corrections
has now been published. The
book, entitled Confiict, Care, and
Control: History of the B.C. Corrections Branch, was authored by
Diana Doherty and Dr. John
Ekstedt of Simon Fraser University. Material for the book was
gathered and edited by the B.C.
Corrections History Committee
which includes John Laverock,
Director of the Corrections
Academy.
The book is divided into "eras"
of corrections history from
colonial times to the modern day.
One of the pictures in the book is
the former Jericho Boys Industrial School which was
situated where the present JIBC
front parking lot is now located.
The publication is dedicated to
three former Directors of Corrections: Mr. E.G.B. Stevens, Mr. S.
P.ocksborough-Smith, and Mr.
Bernard Robinson.
Through arrangements with
SFU, all proceeds from the book
will go to the B.G. Robinson
scholarship fund. Copies of the
book are available at the SFU
bookstore or may be purchased
through the Corrections Academy
($15.95 including tax). 0

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Infant Transpott Team Graduation

most successful the Paramedic
Academy has held. About 100
people joined the graduates at the
afternoon ceremony in Blake
Hall. Gina Charlewood, the
nurse co-ordinator for the program, got a lot of chuckles when
she showed slides of the
graduates as children. Their certificates were not tied with the
traditional ribbon; they were put
through the rings of baby
soothers.
Three JI board members
attended: Chair Bob Stewart,
Chief Don Pamplin, and Mary
Saunders. Mr. Chris Lovelace,
Assistant Deputy Minister and
Chairman of the Emergency
Health Services Commission,

flew over from Victoria to present
the graduates with their coveted
collar caduceuses (emblem of the
medical profession). Senior administrators, physicians and nurses, from Children's and Grace,
who taught the graduates, also
attended. Following the ceremonies and photo session the
graduates partied at a dinner and
dance in the Fireman's Social
Club in Burnaby.
The 11 new graduates will immediately boost the depleted
ranks of the Infant Transport
Team. Planning is already under
way for the next class of Infant
Transport Team Paramedics.
Tony Williams is Director of
the Paramedic Academy. 0

JI seeks higher profile
The Justice Institute has retained John Lynn Marketing Communications to provide media
relations services to the Institute,
its divisions and academies. The
objective is to heighten community awareness of the full range of
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JI programs and activities, and to
act as a media relations consultant to JI staff as needed.
John and his associate Trish
Webb ask all staff to keep them
informed of any interesting,
newsworthy, photographable or

off-beat coming events, for possible use in this media relations
program. If you become aware of
anythingyou think would be useful in publicizing the work of the
JI, contact John or Trish at 4330879. 0
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JI receives grant for wife assault projects
Women's Programs, Ministry of
Government Services, has
awarded a grant of $11,000 to Extension Programs for two projects
related to wife assault.
The JI will develop a wife assault handbook for multicultural
and immigrant serving agencies
whose staff work with or respond
to the needs of battered women.
The handbook will also be used by
counsellors in various government and agency settings who are
working with battered women
from different cultures.
As part of the grant, the JI will
also develop and deliver two
workshops for staff in multicul-

tural and immigrant serving agencies to increase their skills in
delivering public and professional
education on wife assault.
The need for this handbook
grew out of a realization that immigrant women who are battered
remain in violent relationships
with few opportunities for assistance and support. Few are
confident in the English
language and many are unfamiliar with Canadian customs
regarding social services. Most
resist becoming involved with
the Canadian legal system. They
fear their assaultive husbands
and are terrified if they seek help

they might either lose their
children, be sent back to their
country of origin, or be left destitute, shamed and alone. If
they approach staff who are unfamiliar with the issue or are insensitive to their specific cultural
issues, it is unlikely that they will
make further attempts to change
or leave the abusive relationship.
Matching funds are now being
sought from the Ministry of Attorney General. An advisory committee will be formed with
representatives from immigrant
serving agencies in the Lower
Mainland to assist with the
project. CJ

70 organizations buy JI products
by Pat Ross

The JI is in its second year of a
contract with the Open Leaming
Agency (OLA), another post
secondary educational institution,
to market our products outside
B.C. To date this year, over
$24,000 worth of JI materials
have been sold to 70 different organizations throughout North
America.
In a time of continued fiscal
restraint and rising costs, it has

been increasingly difficult for the
JI to obtain the capital and
developmental monies necessary
to maintain the quantity and
quality of activities. These activities, from a marketing perspective, are the Jfs programs,
products and services which have
been developed for specific client
groups within B.C. It is these
same activities which account for
the lnstitute's growing reputation

•••SPOTLIGHT•••
On staff
Paul Pershick was the successful applicant in the Program
Director competition in Corrections Academy. Paul will continue
as the Program Director in charge
of community and management
programs.
Brian Woods has been on a
two-year, part time secondment
to the JI as staff development ofThe JI News Vol 31#6

ficer for the deputy sheriff training. His field supervisor has
given approval for a one-year extension of Brian's secondment.

Recognition
Instructional Services Program
Director, Paul Dampier, has
been invited to do a presentaiton
at the Association for Media and
Technology in Education in
Canada conference this spring. CJ

with justice and public safety
agencies in different jurisdictions
outside B.C.
In January 1989, the JI
initiated a marketing program to
generate revenue from the sale of
educational products outside
B.C., and to increase the visibility
of the JI in the national and international justice and public safety
communities. Examples of
products being marketed include:
the Fire Academy's Edukit series,
Paramedic Academy's EMA training booklets and continuing
education modules, the Performance Planning and Review
video produced by Corrections
Academy, and the Peace Officers
Physical Abilities Test developed
by the Police Academy.
This past month, OLA stepped
up the marketing effort by mailing 67 ,000 flyers to fireballs and
ambulance stations in the United
States advertising the JI
materials.
Pat Ross is Dean of Education
Services. CJ
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JI staff take over software
support role
by Ross Mcintyre

The Justice Institute has a new
policy and procedure for software
support. Developed by the Information Systems Advisory Committee (ISAC), the policy and
procedure's guiding principle is to
have software support carried
out, as much as possible, by JI
staff.
After a review of past years' experiences with outside contractors providing software support,
ISAC recommended a different
approach on a trial basis until
June 30, 1991. Skill and ability
levels of JI staff have evolved to
the point where some staff can
take over software support for
some of our programs.
The Procedure has five steps:
1. Operator attempts to solve problem on his/her own using
manual.
2. Operator consults within own
academy for solution.
3. Operator or Supervisor of Administrative Services consults

JI staff named on software support list for that software or
problem.
4. Operator or Supervisor of Administrative Services consults
person/company from software
support list for particular
software or problem.
5. Other outside support may be
called upon after obtaining purchase order.
From now to June 29, 1991
each software problem will be
recorded on a Software Support
Record form and the applicable information entered. This information will form the basis of an
analysis of software support
needs and the internal capability
to meet these needs. ISAC will
review the policy and procedure
this summer. If you have questions see your ISAC representative.
Ross Mcintyre chairs the Information Systems Advisory Committee. CJ

Corrections training review unde1Way
The first two components of a
major review of Corrections
Academy training have been completed and presented to the Corrections Branch Management
Committee. The committee accepted all of the recommendations
presented to it on March 21.
The first part of the review involved the probation officer
recruit course curriculum. A
team of field staff were brought in
to review the curriculum in detail
with a view to reducing the
course length from 17 weeks. After careful consideration, and
with the concurrence of the
Corrections Academy, it was
recommended that the course be
reduced to 15 weeks by eliminating content which could be covered in other ways. Corrections
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Academy instructors will now refine and re-design the curriculum
in time for the next recruit course
which is scheduled for late June.
The second part of the training
review was an analysis of security
officer hiring, training, and use of
callboards. The training curriculum was reviewed by all institutional directors and on-site
trainers and the current content
was strongly endorsed with a few
minor changes. All eight recommendations presented were accepted. A numbe:r of changes will
now be made in training standards, training course length, and
callboard use.
The remaining four components of the training review
will be presented to the management group at a later date. CJ

AIDS:

Corrections
Academy and
Branch response
by Gerald van Stolk

Corrections Academy and Corrections Branch have responded to
the challenge of AIDS by offering
a variety of training programs for
staff who work in institutional settings.
Since 1988, the Corrections
Academy has offered two levels of
AIDS related training for institutional staff: basic AIDS training is
part of an infection control and
prevention module that is taken
by all correctional recruits receiving certification training; advanced AIDS training for line staff
working in both adult and youth
institutional settings is offered in
workshop format.
Through a "Train the Trainer"
program, the Corrections
Academy has also trained 25
AIDS resource persons to offer
education and information to line
staff, inmates, and youth. These
trainers have become an AIDS
resource network that was lauded
by the Canadian School of Social
Work and by the Federal Ministry
of Health as the most positive correctional response observed
during a national survey relating
to AIDS issues.
And, finally, at the request of
Corrections Branch medical officer Dr. Diane Rothon, 24 nurses
who work in correctional institutions are presently being trained
to offer AIDS education, counselling and information to staff, inmates and youth. The STD/CDC
Divisions of the Ministry of
Health, the Vancouver AIDS Testing and Evaluation Clinic, the
UBC School of Public Health, Vancouver and Burnaby health departments, and the Vancouver
Persons With AIDS Coalition are
all participants in this train-thetrainer program.
Gerald van Stolk is an Instructor in Corrections Academy. CJ
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Police
Academy
launches
intercultural
education
project
The Police Academy has recently
embarked on an intercultural
education project with the Victoria Police Department and the
Vancouver-based Committee for
Racial Justice. The program will
focus on the presentation of multicultural views to all of the members of the Victoria Police
Department over a twenty-four
week period.
Funded by the Police Services
Branch of the Ministry of
Solicitor-General and the
Secretary of State for Canada,
this project is an adaptation of a
program previously presented to
the Vancouver and Ottawa Police
Departments. The program may
be expanded to other departments
in the capital region in the
future. CJ

The Justice Institute
of B.C.
is dedicated
to Improving the
quality of justice
and public safety
by developing
and delivering
training programs
and offering
educational services
to professionals
and the public.

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PTEC introduces new

driving course

Jhe ProFonn111tce Skid car

On the weekend of March 23rd,
PTEC launched a new driving
course in skid control and
avoidance tactics at Boundary
Bay. This new course provides
techniques for expert car control
including sessions on emergency
braking, accident avoidance and
evasive manoeuvres. Highlights
include the use of a skid car
specifically designed to allow students to experience the effects of
skids and how to recover control
of their vehicle.
PTEC's Program Director Al
Lund instructs the course with
Ross Bentley, who has over 13
years of racing and 10 years of advanced driving instruction. Ross
drove the Spirit of Vancouver in
Vancouver's first Indy car race
held in August, 1990 at B.C.
Place.
. The Pacific Traffic Education
Centre (PTEC) is a joint project of
ICBC and the Justice Institute.

It was launched in 1988 to reduce
the number and severity of
traffic accidents in B.C. Current
PTEC initiatives include the
development of a corporate driving program for ICBC staff, participation in Ministry of
Transportation and Highways
research tests on the safety of
road barriers, and the Driving
and Aging study being conducted
by UBC. PTEC also provides
investigations and expert opinions to law firms with respect to
traffic accidents and driver behaviour. Al Lund presents
expert testimony to courts in this
field.
PTEC's policy and direction is
set by a management committee
consisting of representatives from
the JI, ICBC and the Motor
Vehicle Branch. James Cormack,
Chief Underwriter, ICBC, is the
newly appointed chairperson of
the committee. CJ

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PEP Exercise Process course
designated·as core training
The Provincial Emergency Program Academy's Exercise Process
course held at the Justice Institute in February, was so successful it has been designated as
part of the emergency preparedness core training being offered
through the Academy.
Exercising is an integral part
of emergency preparedness. Although agencies, and local and
provincial governments, may
have plans in place to respond to
major emergencies, unless the
plans have been tested there's no
way to know how effective the

emergency response action will be.
The 35 people attending the February course
learned how to develop
an exercise plan and
practiced implementing
a mock plan. The
process included five
types of exercises ranging from an orientation
session to a full-scale exercise that might include
all first response agencies and municipal
departments coming
together in a mock dis.,
aster.
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For the course, the
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set up for the mock exercise. The police, fire, amthe February training course had
bulance, emergency social· seran opportunity to see, for themselvices and municipal emergency
ves, the benefits of a co-ordinated
planning offices represented at
emergency response system. CJ

Upcoming 1991 Social Events
Month

Activity

April

18th:

Tacky Pub Night & Pot Luck Dinner
featuring the April 50/50 Draw

May

23rd:

50/50 Draw (Details to follow)

June

21st:

Annual Barbecue
featuring the Texas Mickey Draw
and June 50/50

Winner of the March 50/50 Draw:
K•lth Hutchinson, Pollce Academy
We'll keep you posted on further events.....

Your Social Committee
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